Patents by Inventor Yohei Kusamoto

Yohei Kusamoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle structure
    Patent number: 11535311
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a rear lamp, a side surface, and a rear surface. The rear lamp is disposed on a rear end and an upper end of a lower side surface and a rear end and a side end of the vehicle, and includes a lamp body extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The side surface includes the lower side surface bulging toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side with respect to the rear lamp at a front side of a height position overlapping with the rear lamp. The rear surface includes an extending surface extending toward the vehicle-width-direction outer side with respect to the lamp body in a top view of the vehicle from a lower portion of the lamp body. A side surface airflow is directed toward a vehicle-width-direction inner side through the extending surface and the generation of a large trailing vortex is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Aburame, Shinji Miyamoto, Ichiro Sakai, Yohei Kusamoto, Masaki Hirata, Kosuke Hirayama
  • VEHICLE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20210086844
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a rear lamp, a side surface, and a rear surface. The rear lamp is disposed on a rear end and an upper end of a lower side surface and a rear end and a side end of the vehicle, and includes a lamp body extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The side surface includes the lower side surface bulging toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side with respect to the rear lamp at a front side of a height position overlapping with the rear lamp. The rear surface includes an extending surface extending toward the vehicle-width-direction outer side with respect to the lamp body in a top view of the vehicle from a lower portion of the lamp body. A side surface airflow is directed toward a vehicle-width-direction inner side through the extending surface and the generation of a large trailing vortex is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi ABURAME, Shinji MIYAMOTO, Ichiro SAKAI, Yohei KUSAMOTO, Masaki HIRATA, Kosuke HIRAYAMA
  • Motor vehicle and/or toy replica thereof
    Patent number: D589406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yohei Kusamoto, Jiro Okimoto
  • Front grille for an automobile
    Patent number: D592564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yohei Kusamoto, Jiro Okimoto
  • Motor vehicle
    Patent number: D929257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youichi Matsuda, Yusuke Nakamura, Ichiro Sakai, Yohei Kusamoto, Kazuhisa Noda, Kazuya Hamada, Daichi Miyata